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Commonwealth Youth Worker Awards 2014: Call for Nominations

Commonwealth Youth
Worker Awards 2014: Nominations
are now open for the Commonwealth Youth Worker Awards 2014, which
recognises the excellence of youth workers and their enduring positive impact on
young people and local communities.

The
Commonwealth Youth Worker Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of
those atthe cutting edge of youth work. The international recognition that
flows from these awardsallows the winners to act as champions for their profession
and inspire many others who work with young people.

The
international theme for Youth Work Week 2014 is ‘Youth Empowerment though Soft
Skills’. Soft skills are the competences which enable people to interact
effectively and think creatively, such as: team-work, self-confidence and
resilience.

Selection Process

Entries
close on 30 August 2014, after which a total of 16 finalists will be
shortlisted from four Commonwealth regions: Africa and Europe, Asia, Americas
and Caribbean, and Pacific.

A
winner will be selected from each region, and invited to a presentation at the
House of Commons, London, United Kingdom, during Youth Work Week in early
November 2014.

During
the presentation, one of the regional winners will be declared Commonwealth
Youth Worker of the Year 2014. Entries will be scrutinised by a panel of judges
including representatives of the Commonwealth Youth Programme and young people.

Youth
Work Week, organised by the Commonwealth Youth Programme in partnership with
the UK’s National Youth Agency, celebrates the contribution and achievements of
youth work, youth workers, and youth organisations throughout the Commonwealth.

Nomination Process

Nominate a youth worker by completing the official form. Completed form should be sent to the email address on the website not later than 30th August 2014.

Nominations
will be assessed according to:

Impact
on young people’s lives – evidence of how the youth worker has made an impact
on the lives of young people

Impact
of youth work skills – evidence to show that it was their use of youth work
skills that made the difference in the work with young people

Impact
on the wider community – the impact the youth worker’s intervention had on the
community and families

Challenges
in delivery – how the applicant overcame challenges in delivering their work
with young people.

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